Overview

We build fountains—those vibrant symbols of life and physical embodiments of beauty—to mark and celebrate our favored places. This act is an honor to all, and like listening to music, it is understood on an intuitive level. We also build fountains to commemorate life. Water is the basis for, and the symbol of, life. Many fountains are articulated to recognize some person, institution, or idea. Those particular recognitions are fused with water’s deeper symbolism to convey everlastingness to the identities being celebrated. Fountain Safari places on the shelf a sharply focused, comprehensive, useful, entertaining, and hopefully lasting survey aimed to provide a panoramic portrait of the fountain class of artistic endeavor. The material attends especially to the aesthetics of water expression by examining numerous esteemed examples. In the process, a sketch is roughed out of the evolution of fountains over some two millennia and across several cultures. Ultimately, the work attempts to deepen the understanding and appreciation of water features by identifying and clarifying their most essential aesthetic qualities. Fountain Safari is written for design professionals, architects, landscape architects, urban designers, planners, students of the arts or the built environment—and everyone else interested in the engaging, one-of-a-kind subject of fountains.

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Author:   James Garland
Publisher:   Oro Editions
Imprint:   Oro Editions
Dimensions:   Width: 22.80cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 30.40cm
Weight:   1.788kg
ISBN:  

9781961856196

ISBN 10:   1961856190
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   14 January 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Fountain Safari Fountain Story Hadrian’s Villa Viterbo The Villa Lante The Villa d’Este Piazza Pantheon Piazza Navona Taorimina Barcaccia Saint Peter’s Square Trevi Fountain Caserta Palace Villa Gamberaia Querini Stampalia Foundation Olivetti Showroom The Alhambra and the Generalife The Royal Palace of La Granja Park Guell The Barcelona Pavilion The Mercury Fountain Dubrovnic Madiera Schloss Hellbrunn Schloss Linderhoff Peterhof Palace Prague Castle Tivoli Gardens Neptunbrunnen Fontaine des Innocents Place des Vogues Luxembourg Gardens Vaux le Vicomte Versailles Aix-En-Provence Parc des Buttes Chaumont Stravinsky Fountain Shaftsbury Memorial Fountain Trafalgar Square Revolving Torsion Princess Diana Memorial Fountain Bethesda Fountain Seagram Building Paley Park Sunken Garden, Chase Plaza MIT Chapel Longwood Gardens Main Fountain Garden National Gallery of Art City Center Buckingham Fountain Water Tower Place Crown Fountain Polk Bros Fountain Vizcaya San Antonio Riverwalk Fountain Place Lovejoy Plaza Ira Keller Fountain Jamison Square Vaillencourt Fountain Levi’s Plaza Hearst Castle Disneyland The Salk Institute for Biological Studies The Getty Center Casa Gilardi Fuente de los Amantes Cuandra San Cristobal Camino Real Oman Falage Agra Fort Shalimar Bagh The Taj Mahal Dubai Fountain Otani Hombyo Ryoan-ji Koinzan Saiho-ji Katsura Palace Luzhi West Lake Humble Administrator’s Garden Bank of China Rain Oculus Al Alamein Memorial Coles Fountain New South Wales Parliament Fountain Tidal Cascade A Brief History of Fountains The Huxtable Assertion Fountain Collections

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James Garland is an architect with a 35-year career specialisation in water design. In 2002, he founded Fluidity Design Consultants, an international water feature design and engineering firm, based in Los Angeles, where he continues to work, today. 

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